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BLACK MYTHS ON VIEW IN 'COLORED MUSEUM'=20

Karamu Performing Arts Theatre, 2355 East 89th St., Cleveland. Tickets =
are $18 and $21; senior, student and group discounts available. Call =
216-795-7077.=20

Sometimes, all you can do -- and the best thing you can do -- is laugh. =
George C. Wolfe must have thought so when he wrote "The Colored Museum," =
his subversive satire of black stereotypes, cultural icons and foibles. =
A mix of broad comedy and drama, song and dance, the show opens in =
Karamu House's Arena Theatre through Sunday, Feb. 19. Show times are 8 =
p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Caroline Jackson Smith =
directs.=20

-- Carolyn Jack (PD)

http://www.cleveland.com/finearts/

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Karamu's 2005/2006 Season: Raisin' The Roof Revivals!

2005=20
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon
The Family Line by Peter Lawson Jones
Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
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The 2006 Season Lineup

The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe (comedy satire)
January 27- February 19, 2006
Before It Hits Home by Cheryl L. West  (drama)
March 10 - April 9, 2006
Dream on Monkey Mountain by Derek Walcott (mythical drama)
April 28 - May 21, 2006

"Karamu's 90th anniversary, programming a dynamic and largely daring =
season. -Tony Brown, Cleveland Plain Dealer (10/18/05)=20

"This month's opening of George C. Wolfe's brilliantly satirical "The =
Colored Museum" heralds a new and more exciting phase in the =
celebration. More than an ode to the past, the coming lineup reveals =
what we might expect from Karamu in the next decade. -Faye Sholiton, =
NorthernOhioLive (January 2006 issue)=20
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Awards and Publications

BTN Pathfinder Award 2004 (www.blacktheatrenetwork.org)
NBTF Theatre Company Longevity Award 2005 (www.nbtf.org)
Dream Builders Award 2005 (Ohio Classic)
Voted Best Theatre Honcho 2005 (Cleveland Scene)

The Old/New Karamu
October/November 2005 issue of arte'fakt

"Dream on 89th Street"=20
October 2005 issue of Cleveland Magazine
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"Karamu Revivals Takes Flight"=20
January 2006 issue of Northern Ohio Live Magazine=20
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Profile on Karamu production of "Before It Hits Home"
Upcoming March 2006 issue in Cleveland Magazine=20

Upcoming Events
CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE FUSIONFESTIVAL, May 2006                            =
                                      INGENUITY FESTIVAL, July 2006-  "A =
Hip Hop Aesop" by Je Franklin, Julius X by Al Letson (Dates and times =
TBA)

KARAMU is celebrating it's 90th anniversary this season. The historical =
multicultural/African American theatre is the oldest in the country. In =
Swahili "karamu" means a place of joyful gathering."=20
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For ticket information, please call 216-795-7077
For a tour of this historical theatre, please call 216-795-7070=20

Come Feel At Home In The House

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$18 and $21; senior, student and group discounts available. Call =
216-795-7077.=20
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<P>Sometimes, all you can do -- and the best thing you can do -- is =
laugh.=20
George C. Wolfe must have thought so when he wrote "The Colored Museum," =
his=20
subversive satire of black stereotypes, cultural icons and foibles. A =
mix of=20
broad comedy and drama, song and dance, the show opens in Karamu House's =
Arena=20
Theatre through Sunday, Feb. 19. Show times are 8 p.m. Thursdays =
through=20
Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Caroline Jackson Smith directs. </P>
<P>-- Carolyn Jack (PD)</P>
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PTSIZE=3D"10"><I>Karamu's 2005/2006 Season: Raisin' The Roof=20
Revivals!</I><BR><BR><I>2005 </B></I><BR>The Odd Couple by Neil =
Simon<BR>The=20
Family Line by Peter Lawson Jones<BR>Black Nativity by Langston=20
Hughes<BR> <B><BR><I>The 2006 Season =
Lineup</B></I><BR><BR></FONT><FONT=20
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PTSIZE=3D"10"><B><I>The=20
Colored Museum</B></I> </FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial =
color=3D#000000 size=3D2=20
FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" PTSIZE=3D"10">by George C. Wolfe (comedy =
satire)<BR>January 27-=20
February 19, 2006<BR><B><I>Before It Hits Home</B></I> by Cheryl L. =
West =20
(drama)<BR>March 10 - April 9, 2006<BR></FONT><FONT lang=3D0 =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" PTSIZE=3D"10"><B><I>Dream =
on Monkey=20
Mountain</FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2 =
FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"=20
PTSIZE=3D"10"></I> </B>by Derek Walcott (mythical drama)<BR>April 28 - =
May 21,=20
2006<BR><BR><I>"Karamu's 90th anniversary, programming a dynamic and =
largely=20
daring season.</I> -Tony Brown, Cleveland Plain Dealer (10/18/05)=20
<BR><BR><I>"This month's opening of George C. Wolfe's brilliantly =
satirical "The=20
Colored Museum" heralds a new and more exciting phase in the =
celebration. More=20
than an ode to the past, the coming lineup reveals what we might expect =
from=20
Karamu in the next decade. -</I>Faye Sholiton, NorthernOhioLive (January =
2006=20
issue)<I> </FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D1 =
FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"=20
PTSIZE=3D"8"></I><BR> <BR><U>Awards and Publications<BR><BR></U>BTN =

Pathfinder Award 2004 (www.blacktheatrenetwork.org)<BR>NBTF Theatre =
Company=20
Longevity Award 2005 (www.nbtf.org)</FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial =
color=3D#000000=20
size=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" PTSIZE=3D"10"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=3D0 =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#000000 size=3D1 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" PTSIZE=3D"8">Dream =
Builders Award 2005=20
(Ohio Classic)<BR>Voted Best Theatre Honcho 2005 (Cleveland =
Scene)<BR><BR>The=20
Old/New Karamu<BR>October/November 2005 issue of arte'fakt<BR><BR>"Dream =
on 89th=20
Street" <BR>October 2005 issue of Cleveland =
Magazine<BR> <BR>"Karamu=20
Revivals Takes Flight" <BR>January 2006 issue of Northern Ohio Live =

Magazine    Profile on Karamu production of "Before It =
Hits=20
Home" Upcoming March 2006 issue in Cleveland=20
Magazine  Upcoming Events CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE=20
FUSIONFESTIVAL, May=20
2006           &nb=
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INGENUITY FESTIVAL, July 2006-  "A Hip Hop Aesop" =
by Je=20
Franklin, Julius X by Al Letson (Dates and times TBA)
KARAMU is celebrating it's 90th anniversary this season. =
The=20
historical multicultural/African American theatre is the oldest in the =
country.=20
In Swahili "karamu" means a place of joyful gathering." =
   For ticket=20
information, please call 216-795-7077 For a tour of this historical =
theatre,=20
please call 216-795-7070 Come Feel At Home In The=20
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